{"product_id":"in-places-we-find-ourselves","title":"In Places We Find Ourselves","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters in this collection of stories are people we all know. People like ourselves, searching and yearning, often in the wrong places for something meaningful and real or for at least a brief moment, right. A real-estate agent tries to sell a home to a feuding couple while his own marriage is being tested; a divorcee resigned to drink and television for company finds pleasures of life with another woman; and the price a mother pays when love and its irrationality blinds her to her parental duties. In these stories what is excavated and revealed lies at the heart of Singaporean lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Sagaram\u003c\/strong\u003e’s work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e (QLRS) and \u003cem\u003eWine \u0026amp; Dine\u003c\/em\u003e. His short stories have appeared in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-four\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-epigram-books-collection-of-best-new-singaporean-short-stories-volume-six\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume Six\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and included in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/how-we-live-now-stories-of-daily-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow We Live Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2022), commissioned by the Ministry of Education as a GCE O-Level Literature text. His stories have also been anthologized in the collection \u003cem\u003eQuiet Loving, Ravaging Search - 20 Years Of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also contributed to the non-fiction collection \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/letter-to-my-father\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLetter to my Father\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) edited by Felix Cheong. He lives in Singapore and works as a teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356562952489,"sku":"9789815202038","price":24.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/9789815202038.jpg?v=1747484018","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/in-places-we-find-ourselves","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}